PS4 and Xbox One resolution / frame rate discussion


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And how irritating I find that. TV's got wider to show the rest of the movie, so movies responded by going wider.

 

No. Movies haven't gotten any wider. 2.35:1 has been a popular format for decades. Nothing has changed.

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And how irritating I find that. TV's got wider to show the rest of the movie, so movies responded by going wider.

 

There's reasons for it though. Following video explains it:

 

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KZSF getting a new patch which provides option to lock FPS to 30

 

A new patch for PlayStation 4 launch title Killzone Shadow Fall will let you force its single-player frame-rate to 30fps, developer Guerrilla Games has detailed.

 

Killzone Shadow Fall's campaign currently varies between 30 and 35fps due to its detailed environments (the multiplayer portion runs at 60fps, meanwhile), which can introduce judder and make the experience feel less consistent - something that the new 30fps lock will help fix.

 

"To guarantee a steadier framerate in the campaign mode, players can now lock their game to 30fps via the options menu," Guerrilla explained via Killzone.com.

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The full image being rendered is still 1080, but 280 of it is black bars (which obviously isn't taxing). However, the other 800p is still receiving the full rendering advantages, i.e it won't look blurred like a native 720 vs 1080 image would.

 

It's a coin toss however you want to look at it.

Ah I see, so in effect, the game is 1920x1080?

Why even call it 1920x800? That just asks for confusion. Black boxes or not, if the entire frame is rendering at 1920x1080, then that's that.

I hope more developers give us this option on console games.

This is a pc feature that can be just as useful on consoles now.

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Ah I see, so in effect, the game is 1920x1080?

Why even call it 1920x800? That just asks for confusion. Black boxes or not, if the entire frame is rendering at 1920x1080, then that's that.

 

From what we know and what the devs have actually said, the game is 1080p. The debate is, are the black bars an excuse because it can't do "fullscreen gameplay" 1080p or is it artisitc choice, I guess?

 

I've read that black bars don't need rendering at all, but I'm pretty sure when it comes to movies they are. Pirates will often crop the image to remove them and reduce file sizes for their rips. Movies aren't rendered in real time obviously so it's a bit of a messy subject. When it comes to games/The Order, I'm pretty sure the PS4 will still have to render them, but the resources required are tiny. If the full image were a 3D rendered world, a lot more processing has to be done as we're talking about 25% of an engine here.

 

Like TRDE, The Order isn't going to be a great example of debate as there's far too much semantics. Only the devs could shed more light on it.

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I found this list the other day on IGN.

 

So if you use that list, and the other articles that have been on the web in regards to #resolutiongate, PS4 is doing much better from a resolution and framerate standpoint on multiplatform titles.

 

A lot of people are quick to point out that the One has plenty of games that are currently 1080p, and while this is indeed correct, what is worth nothing about most, if not all, of those games, is they are either from the sports or racing genre.

 

One must keep in mind that with those two respective genres, the backgrounds are either completely static and/or very limited in interaction. Thus much less resources are needed in order to render them as opposed to a game like Assassin's Creed IV and Call Of Duty: Ghosts, both of which feature environments that are much more interactive. Basically (with the exception of the invisible walls in COD), if you can see it, you can play in it. This means by their very nature those latter games are much more resource intensive. These games as a result are a better representation of the horsepower behind each system because of their more complex engines and environments.

 

So right now it is safe to say the PS4 has more power than the One. I do not think this is going out on a limb. I do not think this is an over exaggeration. I think that in this point in time it is indeed a fact.

 

Will the One catch up one day? Perhaps it will, but just as developers continue to optimize and make advancements in developing for it, they will also do so for the PS4. So the gap we see today will always exist, it just may not be so prominent. It will more than likely come down to stuff like AA, lighting, etc.

 

Even though both generations we have pretty much had one system that is arguably more powerful than the other (last gen was 360 > PS3, this gen it is PS4 > One) I think the biggest difference between this generation and the last generation is last generation the difference, while it existed, was actually much smaller compared to what we are currently seeing right now. 720p > 640p. Games averaging 30 fps (360) while only averaging 26 fps (PS3 (just an example, I know there are other examples that there is a larger difference, just as there are examples where there is less of a difference). As such, I do find it very interesting that it seems the same people who were incredibly quick to point out all of those differences last generation and made a fairly big deal out of those difference, are the same people who are now downplaying the differences in this current "next" generation, even though the numbers actually show a much larger discrepancy this generation as compared to last, especially in regards to frame rate.

 

With all that said, three of my favorite games so far since both consoles have launched have been Ryse, Dead Rising 3, and Forza 5. So resolution be damned. I enjoyed and am still enjoying the hell out of all 3. Would I have preferred all of those games were a higher resolution? As a consumer spending 100's of dollars on each system who is also a PC gamer, so I have actually been gaming at 1080p / 60 fps since both consoles were released last generation, yeah, I would have liked that my latest investment actually ran at the native resolution of the big HD TV I spent good money on. Absolutely. This does not change the fact I am still loving playing the games that are not running at a native resolution, but it is a disappointment. No way to sugar coat this fact. So I hope I am no doubt proven wrong, and ALL games will run 1080p / 60 fps in the near future. All I am saying is I am having a hard time envisioning this to be an absolute fact based on what we have initially seen thus far.

 

 

Multi-Plat Games

 

Assassin's Creed 4
Xbox One: 900p @ 30fps | PS4: 1080p @ 30fps
 
Battlefield 4
Xbox One: 720p @ 60fps | PS4: 900p @ 60fps
 
Call of Duty: Ghosts
Xbox One: 720p @ 60fps | PS4: 1080p @ 60fps
 
Thief
Xbox One: 720p or 900p | PS4: 1080p
 
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Xbox One: 1080p @ 30fps | PS4:  1080p @ 60fps
 
Sports/Racing Games
 
EA Sports UFC
Both: 1080p @ 30fps
 
FIFA Soccer 14
Both: 1080p @ 60fps
 
Forza Motorsport 5
Xbox One: 1080p @ 60fps 
 
DriveClub
PS4: 1080p @ 60fps
 
NBA 2K14
Both: 1080p @ 60fps
 
Need for Speed Rivals
Both: 1080p @ 30fps
 
 
Exclusives
 
Xbox One:
 
Dead Rising 3  - 720p @ 30fps
Ryse: Son of Rome - 900p @ 30fps
Titanfall  - 720p
Killer Instinct  - 720p @ 60fps
Kinect Sports Rivals  - 1080p @ 30fps
 
PS4: 
 
Trine 2  - 1080p @ 60fps
Flower  - 1080p @ 60fps
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls  - 1080p @ 60fps
Infamous: Second Son  - 1080p @ 30fps
Killzone: Shadow Fall -  1080p @ 60fps (MP), 30fps (SP)
Knack  -  1080p

Resogun  -  1080p @ 60fps

 

Source: http://www.ign.com/wikis/xbox-one/PS4_vs._Xbox_One_Native_Resolutions_and_Framerates

 

PS4 has (6) exclusives which hit the 1080p @ 60 fps mark. (10) including multiplats. Only (3) which are sports/racing games.

Xbox One has (1) exclusive which hit the 1080p @ 60 fps mark. (3) including multiplats. All (3) are sports/racing games.

 

Xbox One:

1080p - 7/15 Games (46.6%)

- 900p (2), 720p (6)

60fps - 6/13 Games (46.1%)

 

PS4:

1080p - 16/17 Games  (94.1%)

- 900p (1)

60fps -  11/15 Games (73.3%)

 

Note: fps is not indicated on some games therefore not included in the final percentage count for 60fps.

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In regards to The Order

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So wait, is it really 1920x800?

 

They seem to be implying that it is native 1920x800/30 in order for them to hit performance targets that allow the use of 4XMSAA.

 

This whole resolution business always gets convoluted when it comes to consoles.

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So wait, is it really 1920x800?

They seem to be implying that it is native 1920x800/30 in order for them to hit performance targets that allow the use of 4XMSAA.

This whole resolution business always gets convoluted when it comes to consoles.

No its native 1080p but running black borders is easy and allows them to do what they're doing.

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If one console pulls ahead and offers a better experience it very well might be game over for their competition. If, and I stress if, the PS4 with a cheaper price point offers a better experience, the X1 is going to find itself in a world of hurt.

 

If this is an issue of growing pains; devs still working out the kinks & learning how to optimise than it might not matter in the long run.

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No its native 1080p but running black borders is easy and allows them to do what they're doing.

 

 

It sure sounds like they are sort of cheating the system. They say its x800\30 for performance reasons.

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If one console pulls ahead and offers a better experience it very well might be game over for their competition. If, and I stress if, the PS4 with a cheaper price point offers a better experience, the X1 is going to find itself in a world of hurt.

 

If this is an issue of growing pains; devs still working out the kinks & learning how to optimise than it might not matter in the long run.

 

Well consoles in the past have still succeed even if they weren't the most powerful. It depends on things like price, the amount of difference, and hard to quantify things like popularity of games. Sometime a unique feature set can do it as well.

 

As far as if the X1 will end up close enough to the ps4, who knows. Some here would say its already over.

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It sure sounds like they are sort of cheating the system. They say its x800\30 for performance reasons.

Because it is x800 for the viewable gameplay. As we have discussed earlier though that x800 isn't upscaled or stretched, its cropped from a 1080p input.

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Because it is x800 for the viewable gameplay. As we have discussed earlier though that x800 isn't upscaled or stretched, its cropped from a 1080p input.

 

 

Then I suggest not calling it 1920x800. Its silly to confuse things by throwing out a number that is not really accurate and has to be explained.

 

This game will be 1920x1080/30.  Whatever they do to the screen such as crop the usable space, is up to them.

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If one console pulls ahead and offers a better experience it very well might be game over for their competition. If, and I stress if, the PS4 with a cheaper price point offers a better experience, the X1 is going to find itself in a world of hurt.

 

If this is an issue of growing pains; devs still working out the kinks & learning how to optimise than it might not matter in the long run.

That's not necessarily true at all... Price maybe will play a role in people's choices...But "resolution/graphics". Not at all. If games look slightly better on the PS4, how does that make the One a bad experience or vice versa?

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No its native 1080p but running black borders is easy and allows them to do what they're doing.

It's 1920x800. But instead of stretching the image they display black borders. I think calling this 1080p native is a little misleading even if it's not necessarily false. I'm not sure how it is going to work in a game. They should give the option to run the game at 1920x1080 with FXAA or 1920x800 with 4x MSAA and black borders.
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It's 1920x800. But instead of stretching the image they display black borders. I think calling this 1080p native is a little misleading even if it's not necessarily false. I'm not sure how it is going to work in a game. They should give the option to run the game at 1920x1080 with FXAA or 1920x800 with 4x MSAA and black borders.

 

Maybe its time that console gamers got a real taste of the pc experience. Developers could finally offer graphics settings and let us tweak them as we wish.

 

They could included recommended settings as well.

 

If your claiming its 1920x800, then I give up :laugh:

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Maybe its time that console gamers got a real taste of the pc experience. Developers could finally offer graphics settings and let us tweak them as we wish.

 

They could included recommended settings as well.

 

If your claiming its 1920x800, then I give up :laugh:

Well it's not really 1920x800. Cause if it would be 1920x800 the monitor or TV would stretch the image as LCD panels can't display anything other than native res. Other supported res are stretched to native res.

In this case the game will output 1080p with black bars so neither the PS4 nor the TV will stretch the image.

Officially it's 1080p with a different aspect ratio than gamers are used to play at. The problem is when it comes to gaming people expect 1080p to be at 16:9 aspect ratio (unlike movies where it can be of different aspect ratio and is written at the back of the case).

Personally I think it's time for console games to always have written at the back of the case the resolution, approx average frame rate and well it seems aspect ratio too lol.

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Personally I think it's time for console games to always have written at the back of the case the resolution, approx average frame rate and well it seems aspect ratio too lol.

 

The days of the simple console experience are long gone.

 

I wonder if we could handle it if suddenly we didn't have all of this information and were just handed games to play, like it was when we were growing up.

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The days of the simple console experience are long gone.

 

I wonder if we could handle it if suddenly we didn't have all of this information and were just handed games to play, like it was when we were growing up.

I would like too. But the blurriness of console titles prevent me from doing so. The thing i hate the most in a game is blurriness (along with tearing). I hate this more than slight lag. The first thing i turn off when playing a PC game for the first time is FXAA/MLAA, any kind of postprocessing, motion blur and DOF. I also set the native res right away. If i can't run games with 4x MSAA at native res i upgrade my PC. I did not upgrade in 4 years though (except the gpu once).

That's why so far i'm a little bit disappointed. I expected the PS4 and 360 to be able to pull 1080p30 with 4x MSAA in pretty much all games. I mean my PC can with current games and it's an old i5 750 with a single 670. Today a PC as powerful as this one doesn't cost a lot more than an Xbox One if you don't count the monitor. My PC can run Tom Raider at 1920x1080 with 2x SSAA and all settings to ultra including TressFX and it can keep an average framerate of around 50 with a minimum of 30. From what i can see in videos it looks pretty much as good as the PS4 version. The action is smooth and it's perfectly playable.

Anyway i understand it's still early and One/PS4 games will improve over time but it's not really a great start so far imo.

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Anyway i understand it's still early and One/PS4 games will improve over time but it's not really a great start so far imo.

 

 

I can't really remember how it was at the beginning of last gen, but was that a better start compared to pcs?

 

If it was, then what is different this time?  PC hardware gets better at a much faster rate then say 8 years ago, so maybe its making consoles look worse sooner.  Sony and MS both chose to not build consoles that would be sold at a loss from the start, so maybe that has resulted in consoles that aren't as close to say the pc high end as last gen consoles might have been.

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